Peter Nashel composed the incredible score for the Academy Award-winning film "I, Tonya," working under an impossibly tight 3.5-week deadline to meet the Toronto Film Festival premiere—and that pressure created pure magic.

Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Margot Robbie, the film explores the Tonya Harding Olympic figure skating scandal through Nashel's inspired orchestration, featuring unconventional percussion (including actual trash cans) and a brilliant two-string section approach that musically mirrored the rivalry and tension at the story's heart.

After its rave reviews at Toronto, the film exploded into a cultural phenomenon, earning $53.9 million worldwide, three Academy Award nominations (with Allison Janney taking home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress), and a 90% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Nashel's surgical precision in balancing his haunting original compositions with the film's extensive licensed soundtrack helped transform a controversial figure skating scandal into one of the most acclaimed biopics of the decade.